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Schulman Inc., which makes plastic compounds and resins for consumer products and automotive markets, said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 5 percent as cost controls offset sinking sales linked to the economic downturn.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/648274015</guid><pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:22:55 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A. Schulman Appoints Nancy Lauwers as Europe Human Resources Manager (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/090701/cl40950.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3463110801</guid><pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:06:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AptarGroup, Inc. 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Schulman, Inc. today announced that on Thursday, June 25, its board of directors approved a plan to cease the operation of its Invision sheet production line at its Sharon Center, Ohio manufacturing facility, by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4234687517</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>California Mandates Use of Fuel-Saving, Emissions-Reducing Infrared (IR) Reflective Glass on All New Cars &amp; Trucks (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090626/20090626005121.html?.v=1</link><description>PALO ALTO, Calif.----As a result of yesterday&apos;s unanimous vote by the California Air Resources Board to enact California Assembly bill AB-32&apos;s Cool Car Standards and Test Procedures, auto manufacturers will increase the use of IR reflective glass to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for vehicles sold in California starting in model year 2012.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/374860750</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:01:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A. 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